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Last ski season, the Colorado Department of Transportation and Colorado State Patrol tallied more than 300 spinouts on I-70 from C-470 to Dotsero alone. As we endure the long commutes, fender fights, and traffic that accompany snowy winter driving, watch out for our nine least favorite road...

If decisiveness isn’t your strength, you might want to avoid U.S. 36. Opened in 1951, the highway turned into a commuting nightmare as more people moved to Denver, Boulder, and everywhere in between. So in 2012, the Colorado Department of Transportation began work on a $497 million project to widen...

{ Fender Benders }
The three most accident-prone intersections in Denver during the past three years:
Trying to make a left onto Mississippi while traveling south on Santa Fe can be a nightmare—there’s only a single left-turn lane, and it can be difficult...

Warning: Experimental traffic ahead.
Colorado’s Department of Transportation unveiled a pilot program this week that could help solve rush-hour traffic problems along one notorious section of Interstate 25.
A “direct lane” for commuters was striped this past weekend and gives fast-lane...

Rant: Downtown pedestrian lightsDid we miss something? One year ago, Denver supposedly eliminated the “Barnes Dance” crosswalks—the four-way stoppages that let pedestrians traverse intersections diagonally—when the city realized that almost no one was taking advantage of them. So why isn’t it...

Rant: I-70 drivers. Did you go to the mountains last weekend? Are you still stuck on I-70? Part of living in the Centennial State is acquiescing to the fact that you'll spend a chunk of your life idling in the parking lot that is I-70. From zipper lanes to high-speed trains, each proposed solution...

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Johnson & Wales students, all baking and pastry arts majors, competed in the Gingerbread Takeover from December 6–8. Final judging took place on Thursday in the lobby of the Sheraton Downtown Denver hotel. All photos by Sarah Boyum

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The American Society of Interior Designers' (ASID) Colorado Chapter decorated the Governor's Residence for the holidays. Holiday tours, free and open to the public, will take place December 8-11 and December 15-18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All photos by Sarah Boyum